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The Military Emergency Unit has been deployed to clear snow from Madrid’s hospitals and airport. Around 500 people had to sleep in sports centers last night after being left stranded by the weather

The weather event left deep snow in many parts of the country, and caused chaos in Madrid on Saturday

Four people were killed by the arrival of the weather event in Spain, with 20 provinces still on alerts due to more snowfall

The unexpectedly heavy snowfall has blocked roads, left the emergency services unable to circulate and has caused dangerous situations due to falling branches

The worst snow seen this century has caused chaos, leaving three dead and hundreds of drivers trapped in their vehicles. Madrid, Albacete, Cuenca, Toledo, Guadalajara, Valencia, Castellón, Tarragona, Teruel and Zaragoza are expected to see 20 centimeters of snowfall

With the holiday season now at an end, several regional governments have introduced tougher measures in a bid to curb the rising number of cases

Madrid has salted roads and issued warnings to prepare for snow totals unseen since the 1980s, according to the national weather service

Salvador Illa announced that the first treatments will arrive in seven to 10 days from now as concerns grow about the speed of the vaccination drive in some regions

There were traffic disruptions and advisories for difficult driving conditions on over 100 roads on Thursday

The weather agency Aemet said it expects Thursday to be one of the snowiest in recent years

The central Spanish region is also opening a probe after an online daily revealed that friends and relatives of senior home workers were allegedly being administered doses

Valencian authorities are confining 26 municipalities, Extremadura is closing bars and restaurants in its main cities, and La Rioja will limit all social gatherings to four people

The country’s foreign ministers announced the deal, which will see the British Overseas Territory join the Schengen area, with just hours to go before the United Kingdom definitively leaves the EU

Here is a guide to the measures that have been announced so far by each regional government in a bid to slow the spread of the virus over the Christmas holiday period

Pedro Sánchez held a press conference on Tuesday to offer a summary of his coalition government’s achievements over the last year, citing an internal report that found that 23% of its commitments had been met

The medication was flown into several Spanish airports on Tuesday, from where it was distributed to all of the regions. Some regional authorities have opted to restart the program tomorrow after a day’s delay

The 14-day cumulative number of cases has fallen 16 points, to 246.19 per 100,000 inhabitants. The Balearics, Extremadura and Madrid currently have the worst epidemiological data

Meanwhile in Madrid, the regional health chief is not ruling out the detection of more such patients, after several were confirmed on Saturday

“Let’s see if we can get rid of this virus,” said the nonagenarian, who is a resident in Los Olmos senior home in Guadalajara

EL PAÍS spoke to three people who will not be seeing their loved ones this year due to the coronavirus pandemic

Plans are hampered by delays in criminal code reform and clemency requests, as well as an adverse court decision on flexible prison regimes

The first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech shots are due to arrive this weekend, and more will be delivered every Monday at undisclosed locations

The measures aim to increase liquidity and delay payments in a sector hit hard by the coronavirus crisis

The top prize in the world-famous draw was called for the number 72897 a little after noon

The 14-day cumulative number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants has risen to 224, up from 214 on Friday